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Anthuriums are relatively easy to grow, have attractive foliage and under the proper environment, produce long lasting flowers year round. Commercially, pot type Anthuriums are grown throughout the world with the heaviest concentrations in the US (Florida) and the Netherlands. They are durable and will survive as an indoor foliage plant for a remarkable period of time, even under adverse conditions.
Common Name: Partridge-breasted aloe
Genus: Aloe
Species: variegata
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Tender
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Sandy
Height: 60cm
Spread: 25cm
Time to divide plants: May to June
Common Name: Jasmine
Genus: Jasminum
Species: polyanthum
Skill Level: Experienced
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Tender
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline
Height: 300cm
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan
Genus: Thunbergia
Species: alata
Cultivar: ‘Suzie Hybrids’
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Tender
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Moist
Height: 250cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to plant seeds: March to May
Flowering period:
June to September
The allium family includes a wide range of plants from chives to small bulbs with tiny, beautiful flowers for rock gardens to the drumsticks with stout vertical stems topped by a ball of colour.
Common Name: Aeonium
Genus: Aeonium
Cultivar: ‘Zwartkop’
Skill Level: Experienced
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Tender
Soil type: Well-drained/light
Height: 60cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to take cuttings: April to July
For anyone accustomed to the notion that a vegetable garden must be a fairly large affair - its rows stretching fifteen or twenty feet at a minimum, the concept of crops pushing up from a small container or appearing to burst the bonds of a tiny patch of ground only a few feet square - it is almost unsettling. Yet growing vegetables in cramped spaces is not only possible but highly rewarding. One can grow tomatoes in tubs at the edge of a patio, strawberries in empty milk cartons on a windowsill, lettuce in a modest window box, watermelons along a strip beside a driveway or beans on a trellis on a small apartment balcony.
The best way to make a selection is to get a colour-illustrated catalogue from a specialist nursery to see the full range of roses and their heights and colours. Then visit a rose garden, check them out, and look for good combinations with other plants.
The best scented roses
* ‘Maiden’s Blush’ – an old Rose with blush-pink flowers appearing once in early summer on a medium-sized shrub. AGM, Height 1.5m.
* ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ – repeat-flowering English rose with rich, dark pink flowers, paler at the edges. AGM, height 1.2m.
* ‘Crimson Glory’ – a modest climber with beautifully-shaped, rich red flowers in early summer, with later sporadic flowers. Height 4.5m
Growing herbs for cooking is another gardening project that can yield a lot of satisfaction.
Garden care doesn’t have to take up all your spare time.
The main reason new flower gardeners fail has less to do with being clueless about caring for their gardens than with the fact that they don’t pay attention to the garden often enough.
You need to know the how, why and when of garden care, but most important, you need to get outside often.
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